Surah An-Nisa, ayah 78
أَيْنَمَا تَكُونُوا۟ يُدْرِككُّمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ وَلَوْ كُنتُمْ فِى بُرُوجٍ مُّشَيَّدَةٍ ۗ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ حَسَنَةٌ يَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَإِن تُصِبْهُمْ سَيِّئَةٌ يَقُولُوا۟ هَـٰذِهِۦ مِنْ عِندِكَ ۚ قُلْ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَالِ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلْقَوْمِ لَا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ حَدِيثًا
Wherever you may be, death will overtake you, even if you should be within towers of lofty construction. But if good comes to them, they say, "This is from Allāh"; and if evil befalls them, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All [things] are from Allāh." So what is [the matter] with those people that they can hardly understand any statement?
Word by word
- أَيْنَمَاaynamāWherever
- تَكُونُوا۟takūnūyou be
- يُدْرِككُّمُyud'rikkumuwill overtake you
- ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
- وَلَوْwalaweven if
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- فِىfīin
- بُرُوجٍۢburūjintowers
- مُّشَيَّدَةٍۢ ۗmushayyadatinlofty
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
- حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatunany good
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
- هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
- مِنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
- وَإِنwa-inAnd if
- تُصِبْهُمْtuṣib'humbefalls them
- سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atunany evil
- يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
- هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
- مِنْmin(is)
- عِندِكَ ۚʿindika(from) you
- قُلْqulSay
- كُلٌّۭkullunAll
- مِّنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
- فَمَالِfamāliSo what (is wrong)
- هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(with) these
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi[the] people
- لَاlānot
- يَكَادُونَyakādūnado they seem
- يَفْقَهُونَyafqahūna(to) understand
- حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthanany statement
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